World News - FBI Agent Shot Dead During Robbery Sting May Have Been Accidentally Killed by Fellow Agent's Weapon

An FBI agent killed Thursday in a shootout with three bank robbery suspects in north central New Jersey might have been shot accidentally by another member of his stakeout team, the FBI said.Special Agent Barry Lee Bush, 52, assigned to the Newark FBI office, died after agents confronted three men suspected in a series of armed bank robberies."Preliminarily, information suggests the agent may have been fatally wounded as a result of the accidental discharge of another agent's weapon during a dynamic arrest situation," the FBI said in a statement released Thursday night. Investigators from the FBI's Inspection Division have been dispatched to the scene to review what happened, the FBI said.A law enforcement official, who spoke previously on the condition of anonymity, said the agent was alive when brought to University Hospital in Newark by helicopter, but efforts to save him failed.... http://www.foxnews.com

ConAgra Foods said Thursday that moisture from a leaky roof and faulty sprinkler was the source of the salmonella bacteria that contaminated peanut butter at its Georgia plant last year, sickening more than 400 people nationwide. The Omaha-based company conducted a nearly two-month investigation into the contamination and pledged to ensure that Peter Pan peanut butter is safe when it returns to stores in mid-July. "Consumer safety and health is our top priority," ConAgra spokeswoman Stephanie Childs said. "We plan to do our best to regain consumer trust once Peter Pan returns to stores." Childs said the company traced the salmonella outbreak to three problems at its Sylvester, Ga., plant last August. ...http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/04/05/health/main2653019.shtml?source=RSSattr=U.S._2653019

A group of Littleton parents is opposing the design & location of a memorial to a fallen local Navy SEAL, Danny Dietz, who died in combat in Afghanistan 2 years ago. They say the statue, depicting Dietz clutching an automatic rifle, glorifies violence. In Berry Park, it would be within blocks of 2 schools & 2 playgrounds. "I don't think young children should be exposed to that in that way - unsupervised by their parents or any adults," said Emily Cassidy, one of the mothers. The parents have circulated fliers opposing the design & location of the statue at the southeast corner of South Lowell Boulevard and West Berry Avenue, in a triangle formed by Goddard Middle School, Community School for the Gifted and Centennial Elementary School. They don’t like the idea that a Solder would have a gun? Its not the kids that are the problem, its the nutty parents that are living in some dream world and are trying to drag the kids into it. And to think these paranoid people can vote is scary...http://www.denverpost.com/ci_5595985

Police have arrested an activist for feeding the homeless in downtown Orlando, Florida.Eric Montanez, 21, of the charity group Food Not Bombs was charged with violating a controversial law against feeding large groups of destitute people in the city center, police said Thursday.Montanez was filmed by undercover officers Wednesday as he served "30 unidentified persons food from a large pot utilizing a ladle," according to an arrest affidavit. The Orlando area is home to Disney World and Universal Studios Florida.The Orlando law, which is supported by local business owners who say the homeless drive away customers but has been challenged in court by civil rights groups, allows charities to feed more than 25 people at a time within two miles (3.2 kilometers) of Orlando City Hall only if they have a special permit. They can get two permits a year....http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/04/05/homeless.arrest.reut/index.html?eref=rss_us

Taxpayers won't be the only ones explaining themselves to the government next week. So will the tax collectors. U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said Wednesday he plans to hold the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) accountable for its almost 500 missing or stolen laptops over the last three years during a Senate Finance Committee hearing next week. According to an IRS internal audit, many of the machines were likely holding unencrypted, sensitive taxpayer data. "It's hard to see why this is still a problem when the IRS knew about it more than three years ago," Grassley said in a statement. "One stolen IRS laptop could put thousands of taxpayers in jeopardy. I plan to ask what the IRS is doing to fix this problem for good." ...http://www.internetnews.com/security/article.php/3669971

Villagers buried their dead where they found them — including two young boys discovered Thursday in one shattered community — as frustration mounted over delayed help for survivors of the Solomon Islands' devastating earthquake and tsunami. The United Nations released its first estimates of the human toll from the disaster, saying about 50,000 people had been affected, including 30,000 children who are "highly vulnerable" to malaria due to inadequate medical supplies and unsanitary conditions. The U.N. also put the death toll from Monday's 8.1-magnitude quake and tsunami at 34 people — higher than the government's tally of 28, although officials have said that is likely to rise. More than three days after the disaster, there was still no official tally of the missing. Conditions remained unknown at dozens of villages along the battered coastal region....http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2007-04-05-solomon-tsunami_N.htm?csp=34